Garment-hanger.



- No. 724,118, PATENTED MAIL-3,1, 1903.v T. M. MULKERINS.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 14. 1902 '80 MODEL.-

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UNITED STATES THOMAS M.1MULKERINS,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GARMENT-HANGER.

s'rscmcmon forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,1 18, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed April 14, 1902.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, THOMAS M. MULKERINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to garment-hangers; and its object is to improve devices of this class by providing removable adjustable swinging garment-forms held at different angles to economize in space and to construct improved fastening or locking means for the parts.

With these and many other objects in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination,

and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The fundamental principles involved in novel construction and arrangement of parts are necessarily susceptible to a wide range of modification withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

My improved hanger is more particularly adapted for use as a vestment-bracket, and by its especial construction is intended for supporting a priests cope and chasuble. chasuble being small and light is easily applied to an end supporting-rack, as the strain thereon is not great, while the heavy cope is conveniently hung upon the bracket-supporting rack.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is afrontelevationofthehangercomplete. Fig. 2 is a view of the cope-bracket detached. Fig. 3 is a view of the ohasuble-bracket detached. Fig. 4 represents the supporting-arm of the cope-bracket. Fig. 5 is a detail in longitudinal section of one of the sockets with one of the bosses engaged therein. Fig. 6 is a view of the supporting-arm for the chasublebracket, and Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line X X of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1, a suitformed thereon.

The

$erial No. 102,775. (No model.)

able plate 1, having a plurality of sockets 2,

is secured to the wall or any article of. furniture, and the sockets are arranged vertically in pairs to accommodate a plurality of supporting-arms for the brackets or to provide cured. The supporting-arm 3 is provided on its end with a boss 7, projecting at right angles therefrom and having a shoulder 8 This boss is adapted to be inserted in one of the sockets 2, which is provided with a longitudinal semicircular groove 9 to accommodate the. lug or shoulder 8 when the boss is inserted or removed from the socket. At the base of the bore of the socket is formed an annular groove 10, which permits the lug 8 free movement when the arm 3 is rotated in its socket and which also looks the same within the socket when the lug 8 is out of alinement with the groove 9, and thus 'accidentaldisengagement is prevented. This supporting-arm 3 is disposed horizontally and provided on its other end with a socket similar to the sockets 2 in the fixed support, and

the upright portion 11 of the garment-form is providedon its end with a boss 12, having a lateral lug 13, similar to the boss and lug on the arm 3.

The supporting-arm 4 is curved upwardly It will also be seen that the supporting-arms 3 and 4, which may be engaged by the upper or lower set of sockets on the plate 1, are independently adjustable and removable, capable of being swung to a convenient position to economize space, and that the garment-forms themselves are independently removable and rotatable in their sockets.

Each garment other ends, and garment-forms revolubly mounted in the sockets on the ends of the supporting-arms.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a fixed support having a pinrality of sockets thereon, swinging supporting-arms reinovably mounted in the sockets on the fixed support and provided with sockets in their free ends, garment-forms removably mounted in the sockets in the supporting-arms and adapted to swingindependently of the supporting-arms, and means to lock 'the garment-forms and the supportingarms in their sockets.

3. In a vestn1ent-hanger of the class described the combination of a fixed support having sockets thereon provided with longitudinal grooves and annular shoulders at the base of the sockets, swinging supportingarms having bosses at one end adapted to engage the sockets in the fixed support and lateral lugs on the bosses adapted to engage the annular shoulders in the sockets, sockets on the other end of each supporting-arm, and

garment-forms having bosses provided with lugs to engage the sockets in the supportingarms.

4. In a vestment-hanger of the class described the combination with a fixed support having sockets thereon, swinging supportingarms detachably mounted in said sockets and provided with sockets in their free ends, swinginggarment-forms detachably mounted in the sockets in the supporting-arms, and ears on the garment-forms provided with apertures by which the forms may be suspended when detached.

5. In a garment-hanger, the combination with a fixed support having a plurality of sockets formed thereon, said sockets having a longitudinal internal groove and an annu= lar or semi-annular groove at their base, supporting-arms having similar sockets at one of their ends, and their other ends having rightangular-disposed bosses provided with lat eral lugs to engage the grooves in the sockets and form an interlocking engagement therewith, agarment-form having a centrallydisposed upright provided with a boss to engage the socket in one of the arms, and an end supporting-bracket having a boss at one end to engage asocket in the otherarm, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS M. MULKERINS.

Witnesses:

DANIEL W. HIGGINS, OLIVER OCoNNELL. 

